Fröhliche Musiker Blasorchester is the name of mid-Michigan’s own German Polka Band. The band’s name translates to “happy musicians in a wind band” and features 14 members, including co ...

Enjoy a variety of German beers, food and music during the 11-day Glendale Heights ... Polka band Eddie Korosa Jr. and The Boys from Illinois will once again open the festival at 5 p.m ...

The Full House Polka Players perform in October 2019 at Pullman Square. Two members of the band have died and one has moved away, but band leader Dale Jones has put together a new group of ...

The Biergarten Polka Band from Disney World Epcot Center will perform in Rapid City on March 28 at The Journey Museum. They'll perform polka and German folk music, complete with alphorns pictured ...

Robert Todd responded to an ad on Craigslist. A polka band looking to play weekend music at a German restaurant needed a tuba player. Todd got the job, and for about three years, almost every ...

This trumpet-tooter is Romy Gosz (pronounced gauze), self-styled "Polka King." He is pictured serenading three newly married couples at a Bluestone Park, Wis. dance last week as 1,357 ...

Tickets for the 2025 celebration go on sale July 1 at https://leavenworth.org/oktoberfest. Scheduled for the weekends of ...

The Brazil Concert Band will present its annual German Music Festival on Sunday in Forest Park, rain or shine. At 7:15 p.m., the BCB’s German Polka Band will entertain the audience with ...

River City Baskapelle, a West Bend-based band, is slated to play German music from 11 a.m. to noon. Copper Box, an Oshkosh-based, multi-genre quartet that plays polka, rock and blues will play ...

His band also regularly performed at several local German beer halls, beer gardens and bars. At his career's peak, Meisner had as many as 250 engagements booked in a year, Hunjadi said.

Polka is a style of dance music originally credited to Bohemia during the 19th century. But its popularity spread across Europe and then America with a variety of styles.